Planning Armageddon: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964 (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, #8)

by Len Scott and Stephen Robert Twigge

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Planning Armageddon provides the first detailed account of Britain's Command, Control, Intelligence and Communications infrastructure. A central theme of the book is the British-American atomic relationship and its implications for NATO strategy. Based on the recollections of officials and military officers in both Britain and the United States and employing recently declassified government documents, Planning Armageddon presents a systematic analysis of British involvement in nuclear planning from Hiroshima to the development of Polaris. At the same time, it provides an important examination of the operational weaknesses of the British nuclear deterrent and the potential hazards presented by unwarranted secrecy.

  • ISBN10 9058230066
  • ISBN13 9789058230065
  • Publish Date 9 March 2000
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 384
  • Language English